Proposed Legislation Regarding Military Commissions Act

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Restores fundamental American values. The Habeas Corpus Restoration Act restores the constitutional due process right of habeas corpus that Congress and the president took S. 185 Habeas Corpus away with the Military Commissions Act. Click here to see list of current co- Sen. Arlen Specter Restoration Act Support sponsors from the Library of Congress or [R-PA] of 2007 Protects against unlawful detention. When we visit www.thomas.gov have people who have been held without charge in Guantanamo Bay for more than five years, there is nothing more fundamental than letting a court decide whether their continued detention is lawful.

Restores fundamental American values. The Habeas Corpus Restoration Act restores the constitutional due process right of habeas corpus that Congress and the president took away with the Military Commissions Act. H.R. 2826 Habeas Corpus Click here to see list of current co- Rep. Ike Skelton Restoration Act Support sponsors from the Library of Congress or [D – MO] of 2007 Protects against unlawful detention. When we visit www.thomas.gov have people who have been held without charge in Guantanamo Bay for more than five years, there is nothing more fundamental than letting a court decide whether their continued detention is lawful.

S. 576 Restoring the Support Click here to see list of current co- Senator Constitution Act Restores habeas corpus and due process at sponsors from the Library of Congress or Guantanamo Bay and to other detainees held visit www.thomas.gov indefinitely by the federal government. Stops any president from deciding who is an enemy combatant and limits that designation to people actually in armed conflict with our country. It also gives back to detainees at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere the Constitution’s habeas corpus protection of having a court decide whether a person is being imprisoned unlawfully.

Blocks the federal government from making Christopher Dodd up its own rules on torture. Makes clear the of 2007 (D-CT) federal government must comply with the Geneva Conventions, and no one in the federal government - not even the president – can make up their own rules on the use of torture and abuse. Ends the existence of two different standards – one for privates and sergeants and another for top government officials. Ensures that all felony torture and abuse can be prosecuted, even if the perpetrator is sitting in an office in Washington instead of serving as a private in the field.

Ends indefinite detention. Restores habeas corpus and due process for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay and for other detainees held indefinitely by the federal government.

Makes clear that the Constitution is the law of the land. The RCA stops any president from H.R. 1415 Restoring the Click here to see list of current co- arbitrarily deciding who is an enemy Rep. Jerrold Constitution Act Support sponsors from the Library of Congress or Nadler [D-NY] of 2007 combatant, ensures that no one will be visit www.thomas.gov prosecuted based on evidence literally beaten out of a witness and that no president can make up his or her own rules regarding torture and abuse.

Ensures top government officials are held accountable. The bill makes sure that all felony torture and abuse can be prosecuted.